Dharma Guns has released the third single from their second album, due out in April 2026. “Scale of the Universe” leans on the band’s familiar strengths: a catchy guitar riff and a singalong chorus. The track is classic Dharma Guns, equally at home in grimy rock bars and on stadium stages.
“It was one of the last songs added to the recording sessions, and maybe that’s why it stands out from the rest. Some pieces had to be forced into place. We added power chords and a one-note rock piano, ditched the original chorus for being too pop, and wrote a couple of ‘woo-ou’ shouts for the backing vocals. And there you have it – the ingredients of a Dharma hit,” says singer-guitarist Pete.
A music video was also released for “Scale of the Universe”, filmed in the wintry Helsinki. As usual, the video was created by the band’s drummer Olli Vartiainen, and marks his eighth video for Dharma Guns.
Lyrically, the song places the absurdity of human life and the difficulty of making choices into perspective as a minor side note on the universe’s timeline. It’s hard not to join in on the refrain: “Everything in the scale of the universe.”Vocally, the track also represents something new for Dharma Guns.
“When we were recording vocals, our engineer Sammy Aaltonen compared it to Danzig. But that was probably just because of the line ‘hungry as a wolf’,”
Pete laughs before continuing:
“As the world seems to get crazier by the minute, it felt necessary to distance myself a bit from the outbursts of warmongering narcissists and climate deniers. On a universal scale, our problems are pretty small, no matter the issue. That doesn’t mean I won’t tackle those same lunatics again on the next song.”
Dharma Guns’ second album will be released in April. The first single from the upcoming album was “King of Action Rock”, released in October, followed by the second single “Devil’s Beat” in November. The band’s debut album Ex-Generation Superstars was released in November 2024.
In support of the new album, Dharma Guns will hit the road on a tour that includes UK dates with Steve Vincent.
Scale of the Universe – single:
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
Dharma Guns – tour 2026:
Jan 23 – Bar Kotelo, Tampere (w/ Gehenna Sour)
Jan 24 – Bar 15 Basement, Seinäjoki (w/ Gehenna Sour)
Mar 30 – Vastavirtaklubi, Tampere
Apr 30 – On the Rocks, Helsinki (w/ Steve Vincent + Plastic Tears)
May 1 – Nirvana, Turku (w/ Steve Vincent, support TBA)
May 21 – Bannerman’s, Edinburgh (w/ Steve Vincent)
May 22 – Trillians, Newcastle (w/ Steve Vincent)
May 23 – Gifford Arms, Wolverhampton (w/ Steve Vincent)
May 24 – Hope & Anchor, London (w/ Steve Vincent)
More shows to be announced!
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